News   /   Human Rights

British Blacks main target of police tasers

UK police

A new report suggests black people in the UK are three times more likely to have taser used by police against them.

The report released by the Home Office also shows a rise in the use of Tasers against children. According to the report, overall the weapons were drawn, aimed or fired 38,135 times by police between 2010 and 2015, but in 80 percent of cases the weapon itself was not discharged.

Of all the cases where ethnicity was recorded – some 360,000 cases – 12 percent of the individuals against which the Taser was used were of African-Caribbean origin or of mixed white and African-Caribbean origin.

As people of this ethnicity only make up just 4 percent of the British population, this makes them proportionally more likely to encounter a police Taser.

The report is consistent with earlier reports saying that black people faced a higher rate of ‘stop and search’, are more likely to be arrested and are more likely to be sent to prison than white people.

Experts call the report deeply disturbing saying it shows human rights violations across the country.

 


Press TV’s website can also be accessed at the following alternate addresses:

www.presstv.ir

SHARE THIS ARTICLE
Press TV News Roku